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Church of St Mary the Virgin, Holy Island, Northumberland, England

Gravestone at the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Holy Island commemorating George Burn d. 1857

Location

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Holy Island, Northumberland, England

Transcript

[motto] 'AUDI VIDE TACE', 'IN MEMORY OF / GEORGE BURN / CORPORAL OF THE MOUNTED / COASTGUARD WHO DEPARTED / THIS LIFE 20TH OCTOBER 1857'

Details

Description: Carved with angels supporting a coat of arms (possibly masonic).
Type: Gravestone
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Sandstone

People

Burn, George
Age:
Date of Death: 20/10/1857
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Corporal
Organisation: Coastguard

Extra

Recorder: B. Tomlinson
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

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Church of St Mary the Virgin, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales

Memorial in the Church of St Mary the Virgin, Monmouth commemorating Joseph Price HEIC d. 1796

Location

Church of St Mary the Virgin, Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales

Transcript

'Sacred to the Memory / of JOSEPH PRICE, son of THOMAS PRICE of this Town. / He was born in the Year 1726 and died 3rd of June 1796. / He was endowed by nature with extraordinary talents and possessed in an eminent degree / Fortitude, Courage and Intrepidity. / He had a comprehensive mind, a clear understanding, a fervid imagination, and enterprising / spirit. / He went to India when young, and by the exertion of those talents he raised himself to / independence and a conspicuous rank in life. In the war with France, 1778 he commanded / two forty gun ships which were equipped to aid the King's squadron. On this service he acquitted / himself with great credit and to the entire satisfaction of the Government and of His Majesty's / Naval commander. He was afterwards appointed by the East India Company the Office / of Marine Pay Master and Naval Store Keeper which he discharged with faithfulness and ability. / He was brave and humane, just, faithful and generous. / He lived honoured and respected by his friends / and died sincerely regretted by all who knew him'

Details

Description: Relief above the inscription tablet showing two cherubs, one hoisting sail and the other wearing a helmet and holding a caduceus representing trade. The inscription flanked by pilasters with anthemion motifs above.
Type: Wall memorial
Position: North side of nave
Materials: Marble
Artists: Richard Westmacott

People

Price, Joseph
Age: 70
Date of Death: 3/6/1796
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation:
Organisation: Honourable East India Company

Extra

Notes: Sighted 2011, B Tomlinson.
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS) 1987
Photographer: B. Tomlinson

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  "transcript": "'Sacred to the Memory / of JOSEPH PRICE, son of THOMAS PRICE of this Town. / He was born in the Year 1726 and died 3rd of June 1796. / He was endowed by nature with extraordinary talents and possessed in an eminent degree / Fortitude, Courage and Intrepidity. / He had a comprehensive mind, a clear understanding, a fervid imagination, and enterprising / spirit. / He went to India when young, and by the exertion of those talents he raised himself to / independence and a conspicuous rank in life. In the war with France, 1778 he commanded / two forty gun ships which were equipped to aid the King's squadron. On this service he acquitted / himself with great credit and to the entire satisfaction of the Government and of His Majesty's / Naval commander. He was afterwards appointed by the East India Company the Office / of Marine Pay Master and Naval Store Keeper which he discharged with faithfulness and ability. / He was brave and humane, just, faithful and generous. / He lived honoured and respected by his friends / and died sincerely regretted by all who knew him'",
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St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Memorial at St James’s Cemetery, Liverpool commemorating Joseph Curry d. 1875

Location

St James's Cemetery, Liverpool, England

Transcript

'Joseph Curry died 9th November 1875 age 61 for 24 years master of Kings and Wapping Dock'

Details

People

Curry, Joseph
Age: 61
Date of Death: 9/11/1875
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Dockmaster
Organisation: King's Dock, Wapping Dock

Extra

Notes: From an MS in Liverpool Record Office Compiled by James Gibson d. 1886, vol, 6, p. 467.
Recorder: Captain J. P. Brand

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St Michael's Church, Stokenham, Devon, England

Memorial at St Michael’s Church, Stokenham, Devon, commemorating James Fergus d. 1852

Location

St Michael's Church, Stokenham, Devon, England

Details

Position: Churchyard

People

Fergus, James
Age: 57
Date of Death: 4/9/1852
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Coastguard
Organisation: HM Coastguard

Extra

Recorder: P. Cove; E.R. Stage

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St Peter's Church, Hersham, Surrey, England

Ledger in St Peter’s Church, Hersham commemorating Admiral Sir Thomas Williams d. 1841

Location

St Peter's Church, Hersham, Surrey, England

Transcript

'...SACRED TO THE MEMORY / OF / ADMIRAL SIR THOMAS WILLIAMS. G.C.B. / OF BURWOOD HOUSE, / IN THIS PARISH. / HE EXCHANGED THIS LIFE / FOR A BLESSED IMMORTALITY / ON SUNDAY THE 10TH OF OCTOBER, 1841, / IN THE 80TH YEAR OF HIS AGE / "Looking unto Jesus". / Hebrews, 12.2'

Details

Description: The inscription tablet flanked by Ionic columns. Crest on pediment with ribbon and badge of the K. C. B.
Type: Ledger
Materials: White marble

People

Williams, Thomas
Age: 80
Date of Death: 10/10/1841
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Admiral
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: DOSSIER.
Recorder: The Arts Society (NADFAS) 1990

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  "transcript": "'...SACRED TO THE MEMORY / OF / ADMIRAL SIR THOMAS WILLIAMS. G.C.B. / OF BURWOOD HOUSE, / IN THIS PARISH. / HE EXCHANGED THIS LIFE / FOR A BLESSED IMMORTALITY / ON SUNDAY THE 10TH OF OCTOBER, 1841, / IN THE 80TH YEAR OF HIS AGE / \"Looking unto Jesus\". / Hebrews, 12.2'",
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Church of St Margaret of Antioch, St Margaret-at-Cliffe, Kent, England

Gravestone at Church of St Margaret of Antioch, St Margaret-at-Cliffe, Kent, commemorating William Nicholls MBE Master Mariner d. 1937

Location

Church of St Margaret of Antioch, St Margaret-at-Cliffe, Kent, England

Transcript

'In loving memory of Catherine NICHOLLS entered into rest 16 Feb 1936 aged 76 yrs... WILLIAM NICHOLLS, M.B.E. MASTER MARINER beloved husband of the above died 10 Jan 1937 aged 77 years. Safe in port'

Details

Description: A granite cross on three stepped base with a kerb

Type: Gravestone
Position: 147

People

Nicholls, William
Age: 77
Date of Death: 10/1/1937
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master mariner
Organisation:

Extra

Bibliography: 'The Monumental Inscriptions in the Church and Churchyard of St Margaret of Antioch, St Margaret At Cliffe, Kent' Kent Family History Society (Canterbury, 1980).
Recorder: E.R. Stage

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  "transcript": "'In loving memory of Catherine NICHOLLS entered into rest 16 Feb 1936 aged 76 yrs... WILLIAM NICHOLLS, M.B.E. MASTER MARINER beloved husband of the above died 10 Jan 1937 aged 77 years. Safe in port'",
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St Margaret's Church, Rochester, Kent, England

Memorial in St Margaret’s Church, Rochester, Kent commemorating Thomas Manley d.1802

Location

St Margaret's Church, Rochester, Kent, England

Details

Type: Wall tablet

People

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Extra

Notes: Also commemorated on altar tomb in churchyard

Bibliography: Canon S.W. Wheatley 'Historical Notes: Rochester St Margaret' (Rochester, 1996).

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Church of St Peter and St Paul, Eye, Suffolk, England

Memorial at the Church of St Peter and St Paul, Eye, Suffolk commemorating John Brown, RN d. 1732

Location

Church of St Peter and St Paul, Eye, Suffolk, England

Transcript

'Johannes Brown Et Copiis in Expeditione Navali contra Hispanos AN. DOM 1703 [?] Obiit Nov 19 A.D. 1732 Aet Suae 74 Illius Testamenti Curatores et Haeredes Scripti Johannes Brown Arm Gueliemus Selwin Grati Animo P.P.’

‘John Brown and forces in a Naval Expedition against the Spaniards, Anno Domini 1703 {?} Died on Nov 19 AD 1732.'

Details

Description: Carving of Good Samaritan
Position: South aisle

People

Brown, John
Age: 74
Date of Death: 19/11/1732
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Naval Surgeon
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Difficult to read, not all inscription recorded.
Recorder: William Donnan, 1967

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Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Memorial in Hong Kong Cemetery commemorating Thomas Hardy d. 1850

Location

Hong Kong Cemetery, Happy Valley, Hong Kong, China, Rest of the World

Transcript

'In memory / of / Thomas Hardy / late captain of the ship 'Faize Allum' / who departed this life on the / 13th May 1850 / aged 41 years / erected as a token of esteem / by his friends'

Details

Type: Headstone
Vessel: Faize Allum

People

Hardy, Thomas
Age: 41
Date of Death: 13/5/1850
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master
Organisation:

Extra

Recorder: Christine Thomas; Patricia Lim, Gwulo.com

JSON

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  "transcript": "'In memory / of / Thomas Hardy / late captain of the ship 'Faize Allum'  / who departed this life on the / 13th May 1850 / aged 41 years / erected as a token of esteem / by his friends'",
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St Lawrence's Church, Fewston, North Yorkshire, England

Tomb at St Lawrence’s Church, Fewston commemorating Thomas Rutherford RN d. 1827

Location

St Lawrence's Church, Fewston, North Yorkshire, England

Transcript

'Sacred to the memory of Thomas RUTHERFORD (Late a Master of the Royal Navy) who departed this life October 1st 1827 aged 44 years. Likewise to the memory of WILLIAM JACKSON late of WIDRA LANE who died January 13th 1822 aged 74 years. Also of SARAH wife of the above WILLIAM JACKSON who died March 4th 1828 aged 79 years'

Details

Type: Chest-tomb
Position: Churchyard

People

Rutherford, Thomas
Age: 44
Date of Death: 1/10/1827
Cause of Death: Unknown/None
Rank / Occupation: Master RN
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Promoted master 2nd Feb.1810. Served of 'Stomolo' bomb vessel 1814 and 'Junon' 5th rate 1814-15.
Recorder: Gerald Hardwick

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters